Posted on Feb 1, 2023
A tiny but dangerous radioactive capsule is found in Western Australia
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https://www.npr.org/2023/01/31/ [login to see] /australia-missing-radioactive-capsule
Authorities in Western Australia said Wednesday they had found a tiny capsule containing radioactive material that went missing during transport last month on an Outback highway.
The round, silver capsule — measuring roughly a quarter of an inch in diameter by a third of an inch tall, or the size of the pea — was found south of the mining town of Newman on the Great Northern Highway. It was detected by a search vehicle when specialist equipment picked up radiation emitting from the capsule.
Portable search equipment was then used to locate it about 2 meters (6.5 feet) from the side of the road.
The search operation spanned 1,400 kilometers (870 miles) from the Outback to metropolitan Perth and yielded success in just seven days.
Authorities in Western Australia said Wednesday they had found a tiny capsule containing radioactive material that went missing during transport last month on an Outback highway.
The round, silver capsule — measuring roughly a quarter of an inch in diameter by a third of an inch tall, or the size of the pea — was found south of the mining town of Newman on the Great Northern Highway. It was detected by a search vehicle when specialist equipment picked up radiation emitting from the capsule.
Portable search equipment was then used to locate it about 2 meters (6.5 feet) from the side of the road.
The search operation spanned 1,400 kilometers (870 miles) from the Outback to metropolitan Perth and yielded success in just seven days.
A tiny but dangerous radioactive capsule is found in Western Australia
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."“This is an extraordinary result ... they have quite literally found the needle in the haystack,” said the emergency services minister Stephen Dawson.
Western Australia’s state emergency services said that the capsule “no longer poses a risk to the community”."...
..."“This is an extraordinary result ... they have quite literally found the needle in the haystack,” said the emergency services minister Stephen Dawson.
Western Australia’s state emergency services said that the capsule “no longer poses a risk to the community”."...
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